Check out this new tool: DamageMap by researchers at Cal Poly SLO and Stanford. Instead of having to wait days or weeks to learn the fate of your home in the aftermath of a wildfire, artificial intelligence is providing early views as the smoke clears. Read the Monterey Herald article.
It is hard to imagine a fire that moved a mile every SIX SECONDS, but that’s what happened in the Camp Fire. This article outlines the lessons learned from previous fires, communication failures from this fire, and how planning plays into it. The article features other projects in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones too like Esperanza Hills (above Yorba Linda). Evacuation concerns is one of the hot button items for Yorba Linda residents fighting the project there. (Photo of the … Read More
It is pretty amazing the similarities of this situation in Northern California and our region. This article sums up why we continue to fight poorly planned projects adjacent to Chino Hills State Park including the Madrona and Esperanza Hills projects. History is telling us something, we should learn the lessons. (Photo of Canyon Fire 2017) Read the Los Angeles Times article.
We’ve been in contact with friends on the ground in Northern California. If you’d like to help fire victims in Paradise (Camp Fire), they need: Money Gift Cards School Supplies Food Essentials Housing Get details in the article below on where donations can be sent. View the list from the Record Searchlight article. (Photo of Freeway Complex Fire 2008)
Reading the stories about what is happening in the massive wildfires that are consuming our state is devastating. These fires are not in the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor, but we have been there before. That’s why we are working on a way to help the town of Paradise in Butte County. It has lost 6,000 structures and at least 23 people have died (so far, with many still missing). We will notify you when we have something worked out. Stay … Read More